Northern Superchargers vs London Spirit Hundred Recap 2025

The HundredResult

Northern Superchargers

138/2

Lord's, London · Wednesday, 20 August 2025

Northern Superchargers won by 8 wicketsPlayer of the match: Z Crawley

Match preview

Superchargers Cruise to 8-Wicket Win Over Spirit at Lord's

Match overview

Northern Superchargers beat London Spirit by 8 wickets at Lord's on 20 August 2025, with Zak Crawley earning the Player of the Match award. Superchargers won the toss, fielded first, and restricted Spirit to 135/3. The reply was emphatic: 47 runs from the powerplay without loss set up a chase that was never seriously threatened, and Superchargers reached their target of 136 on 138/2. It was the Superchargers' third win in five Hundred meetings with Spirit, giving them a 3-2 lead in the head-to-head series.

Spirit's innings had some bright moments. The middle overs produced 64/1, steadying the ship after a difficult powerplay of 39/2, and the death overs squeezed out 32 without loss. But 135 at Lord's, where the average first-innings score across 162 matches is 227, asked relatively little of the opposition. Superchargers accepted the invitation.

Venue and conditions

Lord's has hosted 162 matches in our dataset, and the numbers there tend to favour the team setting the total rather than chasing it. The average first-innings score is 227 and the average second-innings score drops to 199, a gap of 28 runs. The average powerplay produces just 28 runs, which makes Superchargers' 47-run powerplay all the more striking: they scored 68% above the venue norm in those early overs.

The death-overs average at Lord's is 25 runs. Spirit scored 32 from theirs, above par, which suggests their lower order deserves some credit even if the total wasn't enough. Captains here choose to field first 59% of the time after winning the toss, and the chasing side wins only 34% of the time. Superchargers are the exception in this result, but they made the exception look routine.

Pitch conditions at Lord's in August can vary depending on recent weather and the state of the square at this point in the domestic season. The slope from the Pavilion End to the Nursery End creates uneven bounce that rewards bowlers who hit a nagging length, and seam movement can be available if there is cloud cover. This surface played well enough for a chase, but Spirit's total gave Superchargers too much room.

How to watch

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For future fixtures between these two sides, UK start times are typically early afternoon or early evening. Check the official Sky Sports and BBC Sport schedules for confirmed timings as the competition progresses.

Recent form

London Spirit arrived at Lord's in inconsistent nick. Their 2025 campaign produced wins over Trent Rockets and Welsh Fire, but they dropped three matches against Birmingham Phoenix, Manchester Originals, and Oval Invincibles. A three-loss run in five matches is the kind of form that puts pressure on the top order, and the powerplay performance of 39/2 against Superchargers reflected that fragility.

Northern Superchargers had their own inconsistency, losing to Manchester Originals and Trent Rockets in 2025, but their wins over Birmingham Phoenix, Southern Brave, and Welsh Fire showed they could perform when the conditions suited. Their batting unit has looked fluent when the top order fires, and at Lord's on a settled evening that is exactly what materialised. Spirit will need to address their powerplay vulnerabilities if they are to push for the later stages of the tournament.

Talking points

What to look out for

5 angles

Headline angle

Superchargers' powerplay set up a routine chase

Northern Superchargers reached 47 without loss in the powerplay, well clear of the venue average of 28. That platform effectively removed the tension from a 136-run chase. The middle overs added another 70 runs at the cost of just one wicket.

Angle 02

Spirit's death overs saved the total, not won the match

London Spirit managed 32 runs from the death without losing a wicket, boosting a total that looked ordinary after a powerplay of 39/2. The final score of 135/3 was par at best on a surface where the average first-innings score across 162 matches stands at 227.

Angle 03

Superchargers field first, win: a familiar pattern here

Northern Superchargers won the toss and chose to field, which is the call 59% of captains make at Lord's. The chase success rate at the ground is just 34%, but Superchargers bucked that trend comfortably, wrapping things up with wickets to spare.

Angle 04

Z Crawley named Player of the Match

Zak Crawley collected the Player of the Match award after a performance that drove Superchargers' comfortable pursuit. His contribution in the powerplay phase was central to the tone of the innings.

Angle 05

Superchargers hold a 3-2 head-to-head lead over Spirit

This result moves Northern Superchargers to three wins from five meetings with London Spirit. Spirit had levelled the series with back-to-back wins in 2022 and 2023, but Superchargers have now won two of the last three encounters.

Context

Key insights

Historical · Not official

Venue par

227

Avg 1st innings score at Lord's

162 matches · 2002–2025

Chase success

36%

Chases completed successfully at Lord's

162 matches · 2002–2025

Powerplay

35/1.0

Average runs/wickets in overs 1–6 at Lord's

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. For editorial context only — not official live match data, not a forecast, and not betting advice. Projections and comparisons above are frozen from the live state and may not match final statistics.

The rivalry

Who could decide it

These two sides have met five times in The Hundred, with Northern Superchargers edging the series 3-2. London Spirit were the stronger team through 2022 and 2023, but Superchargers have reasserted themselves across the last couple of seasons. There have been no no-results between them.

Recent meetings

Last 4

2024: Northern Superchargers won by 21 runs at Headingley
2023: London Spirit won by 13 runs at Lord's
2022: London Spirit won by 7 wickets at Headingley
2021: Northern Superchargers won by 63 runs at Lord's

Key player · Northern Superchargers

JE Root

Root brings Test-match concentration to white-ball cricket and has a notable record at Lord's, where he scored 246 off 327 balls in a 2024 Test innings. That ability to build and accelerate makes him dangerous in any format at this ground.

Full career stats

London Spirit

CR Woakes

Chris Woakes is a Lord's specialist in every sense. His record at the ground in Tests includes a match haul of 11/102 across 42 overs, and his ability to move the ball off a length remains a threat in any format played here.

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London Spirit

AAP Atkinson

Gus Atkinson took 12 wickets for 106 runs across a Test at Lord's in July 2024, one of the finest home performances by an England seamer in years. In conditions that offer pace bowlers some assistance, he is capable of tilting a match.

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Northern Superchargers

SPD Smith

Steve Smith's ability to occupy the crease and rotate strike has long made him effective at Lord's, where he scored 273 off 394 balls in a Test innings. In shorter formats he is the kind of anchor who can reassemble an innings when early wickets fall.

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Angles to watch

Analytical angles worth tracking

Observations from the venue data, recent form and historical trends. Editorial context, not betting advice.

Top batter markets may carry more value than outright lines given how settled Superchargers' opening partnership looked during the powerplay.
The toss has been decisive at Lord's in 59% of cases, so toss-related markets tend to be closely watched by the sharper end of the market.
With London Spirit's recent form showing three losses in their last five matches, the outright result line may not fully reflect the gap in current team confidence.
Given Lord's average first-innings score of 227 across 162 matches, total-runs markets in a game where only 135 were posted could offer interesting context.

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Questions

Frequently asked

Northern Superchargers won by 8 wickets at Lord's on 20 August 2025. They chased down London Spirit's total of 135/3, finishing on 138/2. Zak Crawley was named Player of the Match.

The two sides had met four times before this fixture, with Northern Superchargers leading 2-2. This win gives Superchargers a 3-2 series lead overall. Their most recent previous meeting came in 2024, when Superchargers won by 21 runs at Headingley.

The Hundred is broadcast in the UK on Sky Sports Cricket, with streaming available via Sky Go and NOW TV. BBC Two and iPlayer also carry selected Hundred fixtures, and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra provides ball-by-ball commentary throughout the competition.

London Spirit posted 135/3, scoring 39/2 in the powerplay before recovering well in the middle overs with 64/1. The death overs added 32 without loss. The total fell well short of Lord's average first-innings score of 227, based on 162 matches at the ground.

Superchargers came in having won three of their previous five Hundred matches in 2025, with wins over Birmingham Phoenix, Southern Brave, and Welsh Fire. Their two losses in that run came against Manchester Originals and Trent Rockets.

Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field. That aligns with the pattern at Lord's, where the fielding-first option is taken 59% of the time. The chase success rate at the venue is just 34%, though Superchargers won comfortably despite bucking that statistic.

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